Asia

• 31 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Photo of Fr. Sinnott discovered. “We hope he is alive; please have mercy on him,” Superior of Columban Missionaries says Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – A photo of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban kidnapped on October 11 in Pagadian, has been shown on the news in the Philippines. “We hope it is real. If so, it would confirm ...
• 31 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - New Center for Health Pastoral Care run by Camillians in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian Order in India has recently opened a Center for Health Pastoral Care in Bangalore. The event was celebrated along with the close of the Jubilee Year for the 25th anniversary of ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - The “great venture” of Fr. Matteo Ricci: display opened at the Vatican, to be presented at Shanghai Expo 2010 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Matteo Ricci, the missionary par excellence, will be presented at the Shanghai Expo 2010. This is what Bishop Claudio Giuliodori of Macerata said in a press conference for the presentation of ...
• 30 October 2009
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Controversy over the name “Allah”: 15,000 Bibles confiscated Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Over 15,000 Bibles have been confiscated by the Malaysian police and will not reach churches nor homes of the faithful. This is what Fides has learned from Church sources in Malaysia, whe ...
• 29 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Day of Fasting and Prayer for missionaries throughout the world, for the liberation of Fr. Sinnott Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionaries of Saint Columban, the community of Fr. Michael Sinnot (kidnapped October 11 in Pagadian, South Philippines), yesterday held a Day of Fasting and Prayer to ask God to protect ...
• 29 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics preparing for Feast of All Souls, with special remembrance of missionaries buried in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As they do every year, Chinese Catholics are preparing to celebrate the November 2nd Feast of All Souls, in communion with the Universal Church. In these days, various Catholic communities are pr ...
• 28 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Preparations underway for the close of the 150th anniversary of evangelization; a special invitation to the youth to “pass on the flame of evangelization” Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the solemn closing of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan, scheduled to take place on November 21 (Vigil of Christ the King), the Catholic communi ...
• 28 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Little progress being made on Fr. Sinnott kidnapping case; mediation with MILF begun, several missionaries under escort Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - There has been “little progress” made on the kidnapping case of Fr. Michael Sinnott, the Missionary of Saint Columban kidnapped on October 11 in Pagadian. Fr. Gilbert Hingone, Vicar General ...
• 28 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Corruption and politics behind the kidnapping business”: Interview with Fr. Eliseo Mercado, OMI Missionary in Mindanao Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - “Kidnapping is a despicable crime against humanity. But in the South Philippines, it continues to take place without the government being able to stop it. It is estimated that since 1996, ove ...
• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Salesian Sister Monica Liu is new President of the Association of Major Women Superiors in Hong Kong; Bishop John Tong invites religious to participate in Year for Priestly Vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Sr. Monica Liu, of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, Provincial Superior of the Salesian Sisters, has been elected the new President of the Association of Major Women Superiors in H ...
• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “Great Assembly of the People of God in the Holy Year 2010”: Bishops' announcement for the Jubilee Year for the Church in Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – A “great assembly of the people of God,” organized “according to the model of the Synod of Bishops” will be a central event of the Holy Year 2010, in which the Church in Vietnam, as the ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” and the invitation of the Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” is the title of the address given by Fr. Chen Ke, Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference, at the seminar held for Wo ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The way of life, our way”: campaign for the abolition of the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Korea has once again launched the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, through an awareness campaign entitled: “The way of life, our way,” organized ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Mall to replace leprosy clinic: a Catholic institution on its way to closure Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Karnataka, an important state in southern India, whose capital is Bangalore, is very concerned. As Agenzia Fides learns from local Church sources, the old leprosy clin ...
• 24 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday, 18 catechumens receive Sacraments of Christian Initiation in parish of Nan She, Diocese of Tai Yuan Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – 18 adult catechumens of the parish of Nan She, in the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Province of Shan Xi, received the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist) on World ...